Chapter 7 - Kissing Pose (2/2)
Kang Si An and Manager Jeong can read between the lines. The store girl is threatening that she would reveal about his addiction to candies and chocolates if they didn't play along. Manager Jeong presses her lips in a line. This store girl has deceived them earlier.
”Yes, they are secretly dating.” Manager Jeong gives them a nod. ”That's why he visited her like that. When she passed out due to overwork, he brought her to his home. He called a doctor for her checkup. Here, this is the doctor's phone number. You can call him and verify.”
Cop B takes the phone number. ”If things are like this, it's alright. You can go now.”
Kang Si An and Manager Jeong thanks the cops. The store girl smiles and gives the cops a slight bow. She follows Kang Si An and Manager Jeong out. Outside, the journalists are already lying in wait like a predator for their meat.
”Is it true that you have ȧssaulted a store girl?” A Journalist asks loudly.
”It's not true.” Before Manager Jeong or Kang Si An could reply, the store girl grabs Kang Si An's wrist. She yells in an emotional voice, ”He didn't ȧssault me. He was worried about me. Don't spread lies about him.”
”What is your relationship with him?” Another Journalist questions the store girl. She leans on Kang Si An and smiles up at him innocently. ”Honey, shall we speak the truth?”
”Honey?” The journalist sounds surprised. ”You are married?”
”No, they aren't.” Manager Jeong looks like she is going to pass out. ”They are just friends.”
The store girl looks visibly disappointed. She bats her eyes at the journalist. Her voice is sad when she says, ”Are we friends, honey?”
The journalists have fire in their eyes. There, they have it. The scoop of the week.
Kang Si An shakes his head. He glances at Manager Jeong who has deep lines forming on her forehead. He sighs and wraps his arm around the store girl. He doesn't even know her name. The conniving girl puts her arm around his waist and sticks closer for the pictures.
”She is my girlfriend.” He leans down and kisses her cheek.